Favorite Day Gummy Bears — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Favorite Day Gummy Bears by Favorite Day DUMP — score 17/90.
Standard-issue gummy candy — corn syrup and sugar bound with gelatin, then colored with five artificial dyes (Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1) and flavored artificially. It's pure sugar-and-dye confection with nothing nutritionally redeeming. Fine as a rare candy indulgence, but this is junk food, plainly.
Why this verdict
- Five artificial dyes — Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 6, Yellow 5 and Blue 1
- Natural and artificial flavors
- Corn syrup and sugar are the top two ingredients
- Pure confectionery sugar with no nutritional value
Ingredients (11)
- Corn Syrup (caution) — Second ingredient; a refined liquid sugar that binds the bar and drives the sugar total up.
- Sugar (moderate) — Small added sweetener to balance acidity; minor at salsa portions.
- gelatin (moderate) — Animal-derived binder for the frosting; makes the product non-vegetarian.
- sorbitol (moderate) — Sugar alcohol used as a humectant; can cause GI upset in quantity.
- Natural and Artificial Flavors (moderate) — Includes synthetic flavoring; not a whole-food ingredient.
- red 40 (avoid) — Artificial petroleum-derived dye with no purpose in a brown chocolate product; a decisive negative.
- yellow 5 (avoid) — Artificial dye linked to sensitivity in some people; unnecessary here.
- yellow 6 (avoid) — Synthetic azo dye used purely for color.
- blue 1 (avoid) — Artificial dye used to tune color; no nutritional role.
- blue 2 (avoid) — Synthetic indigotine dye — cosmetic coloring.
- carnauba wax (safe) — Plant wax used to keep the bears from sticking.
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